JAKARTA - The police have detained Paul Pogba's brother in connection with the extortion case that befell the Juventus player.
Pogba last August claimed to be a victim of extortion worth £11 million by childhood friends and their own siblings.
The 29-year-old told authorities the group had asked for money for "protection services" since 13 years ago.
The investigation was launched on September 2 to investigate the truth of the claim of the former Manchester United player.
Le Monde reported that Mathias Pogba akhurnya decided to surrender to the authorities who investigated the case and were detained.
It is suspected that the other three suspects have also been detained.
Neither Paul nor Mathias' lawyers responded to the news from Le Monde.
As is well known, Pogba once shocked the public by saying it was threatened when it returned to its home on the outskirts of Lagny-sur-Marne near Paris Disneyland in March.
He said he was threatened at gunpoint by a extortionist gang, one of whom was his own brother, Mathias.
Pogba later claimed it was forced to accompany the gang, who is also a childhood friend and teenager, to a flat near Rosissy-en-Brie.
They demanded more than £11 million in return for "protecting" it.
They also asked Pogba to pay £2.6 million immediately. At that time, the 29-year-old tried to withdraw the money but the bank refused because the amount was too big.
He told police that the gang even followed him to Manchester and Turin, where Juventus played.
As the gang continued to try to extort money, Paul filed criminal charges through his lawyer.
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